Shifting Tides

My heart, which had finally calmed down, felt like someone had hurled a rock into it—now the waves just wouldn't stop.

I thought, 'Alistair's not the type to lose control like this.'

'It's not like he's some twenty-something kid who can't handle his feelings.'

'He's thirty-three—he's been through everything. Relationships are nothing new to him. But somehow, the last person who should be acting li